At home all is still and quiet. Palaniswami and Arumugaswami are in Dallas, Texas. Tomorrow Bodhinatha, Shanmuganathaswami and Yogi Jivanandanatha fly off to Memphis.

Satguru Speaks fans will note that Bodhinatha’s inspired talk from October 3rd has been posted.

We bring you today another installment from the mission in California. Here is Bodhinatha giving his presentation on What is Hinduism at the donor appreciation event in Palo Alto

Devotees have set up a table of rudraksha malas for sale that were made in Kauai.

Sunday, Oct 7th: Our donor reception event in Palo Alto was held at the beautiful conference hall at Trader Vic’s. Ganesha welcomes all who attend.

Getting ready for the big event. Easvan Param hangs a giant marigold garland.

Adi Alahan puts together a display of Iraivan posters.

Easan Katir (right) poses with Mihir Meghani, our guest speaker for the day, and president of the Hindu American Foundation.

A wonderful team worked hard to help create a special event.

Beautiful displays that tell about Kauai’s Hindu Monastery.

Young Bela Param.

Guests start to arrive.

Warren Nelson and his son, Indran.

Dr. Thomas Yarema, who used to live on Kauai, shares a moment with Sadhaka Dandapani.

Sashi & Gayathri Subramaniam and their daughter, Maitreyi, were among our guests.

Bodhinatha and Sadhaka Dandapani go over a few things before the program begins.

The conference room is filled with fine old and new artifacts.

A special thanks to Kailash Dhakshinamurthi for taking these series of wonderful photos.

Mihir Meghani is our guest speaker and speaks on the various projects that the Hindu American Foundation is working on and the support the monastery has given them over the years.

Bodhinatha honors him with a shawl for his tireless service to Hinduism.

Sadhaka Dandapani is our MC for the afternoon.

Bodhinatha speaks on “What Is Hinduism?”

A birthday cake was brought in to celebrate his upcoming birthday.

GS Satya and his wife attend our event every year and enjoy spending time with Bodhinatha.